ambivalence
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The author’s ambivalence resembles that of the fellow who supposedly protested the mixing of classes on the dance floor by commissioning a wood-and-plaster coffin as a costume for a Cornelys masquerade in 1771.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
He described it as a symbol of "the messy ambivalence of my Jewish-Zionist identity".
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Wall Street’s ambivalence toward retail investors was summed up by Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., explaining what convinced him to get out of the stock market before the Crash of 1929.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
In that environment, power doesn’t encounter firm resistance; it encounters hesitation, fragmentation and cultural ambivalence.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
That ambivalence was most clearly embodied by the President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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